When a patient visits a healthcare provider for the first time, gets referred to a specialist or is rushed to the ER, doctors need up-to-date information about their medical history to ensure they ...

The Sequoia Project, a non-profit and leading advocate for nationwide health information technology (health IT) interoperability, today announces the release of Pharmacy Care: Use Cases for Health ...

Quality healthcare relies on the ability of providers to share patient data and coordinate care. A patient may visit their primary care physician at the beginning of a care episode and then be ...

A robust, holistic approach to data is important in any sector, but it's perhaps most crucial in vital industries like healthcare, where lives are on the line. Unfortunately, the healthcare sector ...

CMS aims to “eliminate” faxing and replace it with universal electronic healthcare claims and documentation exchanges by ...

Interoperability in healthcare, it would seem, is at an important inflection point. Rules around data exchange have been around for years and regulate what patient information gets shared between ...

Suggested Citation: "Technical Supplement - Section 2: N-Squared Diagram Approach to Identifying Interoperability Requirements." National Academy of Medicine. 2018. Procuring Interoperability: ...

Opala, a healthcare interoperability tech partner, is working with health plans and healthcare providers to create automated information pipelines to support the transition from fee-for-service to ...

Whole person care is a set of coordinated health and human services that addresses the holistic wellbeing of an individual, including physical, mental and socioeconomic factors. Excellence in whole ...

While stories about the ongoing impact of Covid-19 continue to flood national headlines, there is another rising trend in healthcare emerging in mainstream discussions: value-based care. For years, ...

Suggested Citation: "I. Why Interoperability is Essential in Health Care." National Academy of Medicine. 2018. Procuring Interoperability: Achieving High-Quality ...